British Council
Local authorityTheir website
2
open to bid for
15
contracts awarded
£180k
typical award
41%
of awards went to small firms
Where their spending actually goes
Counted across everything they have published, not only what is open today. The figure in brackets is how much of it is open now.
Where they take bids
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Open now
2 open to bid for
19 Oct 2026, 11:00 BSTBids close 19 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST.
up to £8.1m (£8,080,000)above thresholdpublished 21 Sep 2026
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BSTBids close 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST.
up to £250k (£250,000)above thresholdpublished 21 Sep 2026
Running out soon
Everything expiring →Contracts of theirs coming up for renewal
A contract ending is the next time this work is bought. The firm holding it knows that; this is so you do too.